The best thing about an old house is often what time has failed to erase. At 407 SE 3rd Street in Waverly, Iowa, the original woodwork, stained-glass windows, and surviving period light fixtures preserve the personality of a home built in 1910. 407 SE 3rd St, Waverly, Iowa 50677 | Offered at $139,500 3 … Read more
Built in 1886 by Dr. Arthur Herbert Kimball, the Kimball House Museum stands at 196 Capital Avenue NE in Battle Creek, Michigan. This historic residence was home to three generations of Kimball physicians, preserving the family’s legacy within its walls. Eventually, the Kimball descendants donated their ancestral home to the city so it could serve … Read more
Some old houses announce their importance through ornament; others simply overwhelm you with scale, proportion, and the feeling that generations have passed through their rooms. 2611 Fairfield Avenue is one of those substantial early-20th-century residences, offering more than 6,500 square feet and the kind of generous interior volume that is increasingly difficult to find … Read more
Some old houses are remembered because they are grand; others because someone had the good sense to leave their best details alone. 1516 Vine Street, designed by celebrated Denver architect William Lang, belongs to the latter category—a substantial 1890 residence in the Wyman Historic District whose original character remains remarkably visible. 1516 Vine St, Denver, … Read more
There is a quiet confidence to 210 South College Street, an approximately 166-year-old Italianate residence just a block and a half from downtown Franklin, where the appeal lies in how naturally its old and new layers coexist. The details worth lingering over include the original front wwindos, decorative woodwork, built-in bookcases, beautiful chandeliers, and … Read more
Some old houses announce their importance immediately; others reveal it one detail at a time, and The Peck House belongs to the latter. Built between 1880 and 1890 by Earl M. Peck and once regarded as “one of the finest houses in Carbondale,” this Queen Anne Victorian still carries the visual language of its … Read more
At 158 Huntington Avenue, the first thing an old-house lover may notice is not the number of bedrooms or the size of the yard, but the oak-trimmed windows and inlaid hardwood floors that immediately reveal the level of craftsmanship expected in a Buffalo house of 1910. The formal dining room carries that craftsmanship even … Read more
There are old houses that have been renovated, and then there are old houses where someone has clearly cared about what was worth keeping—524 6th Street belongs to the latter group. Built in 1912 and now meticulously maintained, this downtown Marietta Victorian retains the proportions and craftsmanship that give an early-20th-century house its particular … Read more
Some old houses are beautiful; others feel as though they were built to make sure their era would not be forgotten. 633 Fairmount Avenue, known as the Frank B. Kellogg House, belongs firmly to the second category—a National Historic Landmark built in 1889 for Nobel Peace Prize winner Frank B. Kellogg. 633 Fairmount Ave, Saint … Read more